Important South African & International Art, Decorative Arts & Jewellery

Live Auction, 10 October 2016

English, Continental, Oriental and Cape Silver, Furniture and Decorative Arts

Sold for

ZAR 31 831
Lot 352
  • A Boer War prisoner of war fruitwood walking stick, 1902


Lot Estimate
ZAR 10 000 - 12 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 31 831
Auction Catalogue

About this Item

A Boer War prisoner of war fruitwood walking stick, 1902

Notes

Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr is recorded as a Minister who lived at the Old Parsonage Museum, Somerset East until 1908. Dominee Hofmeyr was exiled to Port Alfred during the Boer War in 1902.



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